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@StochasticUltra @TheKanehB Like it just had to beep and display 10 numbers, not send every human/bots comments on every topic, plus all the cat videos:).

@TheKanehB longer wavelengths, better range, but way less data transport capability

How did pagers have service absolutely everywhere before cell towers? There were no dead zones w the beeper and no towers. What happened to that tech?

We have some really exciting sessions on Thursday and Friday! Please join us in Chattanooga for 2 days of learning and networking!

@way0utwest @GFritchey Fair :). It is though a stumbling block to update both tools. And once you skip one, you end up on 17 when 22 has been released

@drsql Lol, it's hard because environments are so different amongst customers. I try to let @GFritchey be the canary, but he's so Postgressy these days I can't count on that

SSMs 22.5 is out. Anyone upgrading on release day? Or holding off?

@way0utwest As Peter noted :)

@way0utwest Any chance a certain company we (and my coworkers) love can tell us when it is safe? The time when it wasn’t has made people happy to just stick with 21 for a while.

Check it out! Our incredible speaker and session lineup for Day of Data Jacksonville! dayofdatajax.sessionize.com dayofdata.org/jax #DayofData1128 @dayofdata #SQLSatJax is now #DayofDataJax #DayofData @AzureSQL @Azure @MicrosoftFabric #AzureSQL #Azure #MicrosoftFabric

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@SQLMCT @GFritchey It’s all in the subtext. All.

@GFritchey That must have been in one of the chapters I didn't read.

Tell me you're using poorly constructed automated systems without telling me. Received an email asking for an interview on my query tuning book. They quoted the "rigorous integration of biochemistry and evolutionary biology" that's in the book. @SQLMCT! Did we miss a chapter in there somehow?

C’mon, another season without a member of @thewho on @MaskedSingerFOX? Always love to hear #WhoAreYou each week.

@GFritchey Yes! Why is it that sessionize (at least) hasn’t figured this out yet! Now, when people do it the other way around… then it kills me. Also, I hope this wasn’t a conference I happen to be involved with and am looking forward to seeing you at :)

Anyone else do this or is it just me? Three days ago, get word I was accepted to speak at an event... <YAY> Today, get word the other three sessions I submitted were turned down... <Oh, man, I was looking forward to that event> Hour later... <Huh, I am going to that event>

@way0utwest Glad that was AI generated. I felt guilty for laughing.

Things can (almost) always be worse. Remember that. Keep things in perspective.

@JenMsft I assume we are talking primary job stuff here :). I could be writing until 2 for my blog, but not work.

What does "finish by end of day" mean to you? 👀

@SQLGene @SarahDuggers Can I agree with both statements? There are levels of interaction that I think do need to be meaningful. Like should I sit and talk about something I don’t care about for hours? But at the same time, I can’t just say “this conversation bores me, @drsql out!”

@SarahDuggers Small courtesies are how we show people they are important

This is patently untrue. There are many things I have absolutely no interest in but part of socialising is TAKING an interest (or even feining one) for that bit of conversation because it is meaninful to the other person. That's basic politeness and also basic friendship.

I love my @elgato Stream Deck (iOS version) almost as much as I love SQL Prompt.

@way0utwest I got a second number for work calls recently and I am already getting calls and I have only put it in an on-call system. Apparently the previous owner may owe a debt collector…

Sheesh. It's a spam call afternoon. Landed in Chicago and 4 calls before I left the airport. At least I can clean out the VMs (32) while in a cab

@way0utwest @SQLGene @Hesamation I would guess fire :)

@drsql @SQLGene @Hesamation I think that button is the "jump" button? Or is it "fire?

Anthropic studies how AI coding affects 52 professional developers: > the group who used AI felt “lazy” and noticed gaps in their understanding and the group which didn’t use AI felt the task was “fun” > AI significantly hurts skills formation of a new library by 17% > AI didn’t actually make people faster. the time saved on not writing code was spent interacting with AI > only people who fully delegated their work to AI were noticeably faster, but they learned the least there are three AI usage patterns that preserved learning and three that really hurt it. the first three patterns: 1. asking only conceptual questions 2. generating code, then asking follow-up questions 3. asking for explanations alongside writing code and the three patterns hurting their learning: 1. complete delegation 2. starting on their own then increasingly relying on AI 3. debugging where they asked AI to fix things without understanding why

@way0utwest @SQLGene @Hesamation I would say yes, as long as they care about the craft. If not, it will be helping them to learn nothing at all. It happens in a lot of jobs computers take over. Why do I need to know what the button does if it almost always works? Well, because “almost” :)

@SQLGene @Hesamation Like a lot of modeling we do for software, these types of studies are interesting, but they can be too abstract and lose too much of how the real world is. I still can't decide if AI is really helping juniors and orgs or not.

Lucky Europe!

@Hugo_Kornelis No. That sucks so bad.

I must share sad news. After three years, my leukemia has returned. Like the previous time, I will share details and updates through my blog. Here is what I know now. sqlserverfast.com/blog/hugo/2026…

@GFritchey Even I see that one.

Oooh, my AI buddy here just made an egregious #PostgreSQL error. Anyone spot it?